icatz
spending too much on rocks
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Post by icatz on Mar 19, 2023 15:17:32 GMT -5
The couple at the garage sale started asking questions when they saw me looking at the cases of rocks and I was helping them identify things. It turns out this collection belonged to their grandmother who passed away and they were kind of stuck as to what to do. I took what I wanted and then gave them information on local rockhound clubs who I'm sure would love to get their hands on a lot of the great things that she collected.
I've attached a video from YouTube that I just made showing what I got and I would like help if possible on some of these that are just too strange for me to know what they are. All comments welcome, here or on YouTube.
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Post by rockhoundingwithkids on Mar 19, 2023 16:19:09 GMT -5
What fun finds!! I love looking through collections. Wonder if they traveled to find those? Here's my suggestions based on what little I know. Looks like they loved agate and bots!
3:38 pet wood/limb cast? 8:43 piece of desert rose?? 10:27 landscape onyx (forget the name but I have huge rocks of it around our koi pond). 13:30 Mexican agate? 20:08 piece of fire agate? 22: common opal?
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icatz
spending too much on rocks
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Post by icatz on Mar 19, 2023 21:00:27 GMT -5
What fun finds!! I love looking through collections. Wonder if they traveled to find those? Here's my suggestions based on what little I know. Looks like they loved agate and bots! 3:38 pet wood/limb cast? 8:43 piece of desert rose?? 10:27 landscape onyx (forget the name but I have huge rocks of it around our koi pond). 13:30 Mexican agate? 20:08 piece of fire agate? 22: common opal? I was hoping for dino but limb cast sounds right. I'm pretty sure there's fire in that agate, but I figured you'd all know that. I'll have to watch again and match up the rest of your suggestions. Thank you! |
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Post by Rockoonz on Mar 20, 2023 0:17:52 GMT -5
The Lace Agate is very likely a Mexican Lace, possibly Rosario Lace.
5:20 very likely to be birdseye rhyolite
6:20 Horn Coral
10:27 Travertine Onyx
12:25 more mexican lace
25:00 leopardskin
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gunsil
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Post by gunsil on Mar 20, 2023 7:25:35 GMT -5
26 minutes video to see rocks that would take a few still photos to see? Not me thanks.
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icatz
spending too much on rocks
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Post by icatz on Mar 20, 2023 9:31:06 GMT -5
26 minutes video to see rocks that would take a few still photos to see? Not me thanks. I made the video for some friends on youtube, and thought I might get better answers here. |
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icatz
spending too much on rocks
Member since October 2015
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Post by icatz on Mar 20, 2023 9:32:20 GMT -5
The Lace Agate is very likely a Mexican Lace, possibly Rosario Lace. 5:20 very likely to be birdseye rhyolite 6:20 Horn Coral 10:27 Travertine Onyx 12:25 more mexican lace 25:00 leopardskin Yes! Travertine onxy! I already have some but totally blanked on the word. Need to check out the rhyolite. Thank you. |
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Post by MsAli on Mar 20, 2023 15:04:52 GMT -5
Some pictures would be great of the ones that haven't been identified yet rather than a video
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